Wax match.



No. 664,997. Patented Ian. I. I90I.

A. J. FREDB IKSDN. WAX HATCH.

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' UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE;

ANDREW JOHN FREDRIKSON, OF JGNKGPENG, SWEDEN.

WAX MATCH.

SPEGIFIOATIOR'forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,997, dated J81218.17 1, 1901.

'- Application filed January 13,1898. sol-n1 Ho. 6326.021. on model.)

' certain new and useful Improvements in the Mannfacture'of Wax Matches;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it'appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and'to letters of reference markedthereon, which'form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in wax matches, and moreparticularly to the preparation of wooden cores or splints for the'same, and to provide the same with certain new and usefullfeatures,hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

Wax matches as heretofore made, having a core of yarn or fibrousmaterial, have been found defective in that they are too flexible,especially when anywise warm, and also require a large proportion of waxor fatty matter; also the cotton or other fibrous core does not burnfreely and also gives off an objectionable odor. f

Wax matches made with a round smooth core of wood coated with suitablewax are objectionable in that the wax does not sumcientiy penetrate thefibers of the woodand is liable to become loosened therefrom and alsothe wood burns too slowly and'the wax is o to melt near the burning endandd'rop nstoad of burning as it should. Thus v" e furnishing a core ofsuflicient stability and stiffness the wood core for wax matches, asheretofore made, fails of being satisfactory.

I have found that it is necessary in order to hold the melted wax andprevent its running back or dropping off the match that the core shouldbe very open or porous, like a In the case of cores made of yarn a used.These tend by capillary attraction to hold a large amount of melted waxin the space between thestrands'i The object of my i'nv r is to soprepabm these wood cores is was will penetrate them more freely andadhere more closely thereto, so that said sary strength and stiffness tothe core, a way of so doing being illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective of a sheet of veneer afterit has been treated by cutting-rolls, as hereinafter specified; and Fig.2, a match splint or core made fromv the same.

The breaking up and loosening or'creasing various ways. I do not claimto be limited in this respect.

tween rolls having sharp cutting-ridges and preferably treating theveneer with these outting-ridges diagonally to, the grain in oppositedirections, as shown ata 0., whereby the outer surface fibers ofv theveneer are cut and broken and .materially'loosened and made moreabsorbent and more readily consumed when lighted' These veneers are thencut into short strips of suitable size to form cores B for wax matchesand will then have a rough and broken-apart surface b b and a compressedand unbroken interior. This broken and rough surface will now readilyabsorb the wax coating and form a surface of such porosity and roughnessthat the wax will firmly adhere thereto when cold, and when ignited theseparated particles of wood will burn more rapidly and fully and alsoretain the melted wax adjacent to the flame and prevent itsrunning babkon the match oryarn, they require less wax, provide more burningmaterial, furnish cores of suflicient stiffness without depending on thewax for the same, and do not give off any oifens'ive odor when burning.

A preferred way of so doing consists in passing sheets of veneerA beofthe fibers may be done mechanically in I-Iaving thus fully described myinvention, l ened and separated, a coating ofwax 'on said what I claim,and desire to secure by Letters core, and penetrating the same, and anignit- Patent, is V ing'eompound on'the same, substantially as 1.. Thedescribed wood core for wax matches, described.

5 "consisting of astrip of wood having its fibers In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature 15 mechanically'loosened, or separated, to reninpresence of two witnesses. der the same more absorbent, and more easilyANDREW JOIlN FREDRIKSON. consumed, substantially as described.Witnesses:

2. A wax match consisting of acore of Wood CARL P. GERELL, IO having itsouter portion mechanically loos 'TH. WAVRINSKY.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 664,997; grantedJanuary 1, 1901,

upon the application of Andrew John Fredrickson; of donkiiping, Sweden,for an irnprovement in War: Matchesf an error appears in the printedspecification requiring correction, as follows: In the heading, 'date offiling application, the words and figures Application filed January 13,1898, should read Application filed March]? 18.97 and that thesaid'Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that thesame may conform to the record of thecase in, the Patent Oflioe.

S AL F. L. CAMPBELL,

Assistant Secreia'ry of the Interior.

-Signed, countersigued, and sealed this 21st day of January, A. D.,1902.

Countersigned F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents.

Correction in Letters Patent No.- 664,997.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 664,997 grantedJanuary 1, 1901,

upon the application of Andrew John Fredrickson, of Jonkoping, Sweden,for an improvement in Wax Matches, an error appears in the printedspecification requiring correction, as follows: In the heading, date offiling application, the words and figures Application filed January 13,1898, should read Application filed rUarch I7 1897; and that the saidLetters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the samemay conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofliee.

'Signed, conntersigned, and sealed this 21st day of January, A. D. 1902.

[SEALJ F. L. CAMPBELL,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Countersigned F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents.

